Person:Henry Patton (8)

11. HENRY (LYNN)4 PATTON (HENRY (PATTEN)3, HENRY (UNKNOWN)2, WILLIAM1) was born 1705, and died Aft. 1824 (??) in Tazewell Co., Virginia. He married MARTHA RANDOLPH Abt. 1750. She was born Abt. 1720.

Notes for HENRY (LYNN) PATTON: The Roseberry-Keister Family Tree 7221 total entries, last updated Thu Mar 22 09:52:13 2001 All questions, comments or suggestions regarding information on this page should be addressed to: G. E. Roseberry <swvirginia@@hotmail.com> ID: I5789 Reference Number: 5789 Name: Henry Patton 1 Sex: M Change Date: 03 FEB 2001 Birth: ABT 1705 1 Death: AFT 1824 in Tazewell Co., Virginia 1 Note: The name Henry Patton continues in the records. The second Henry appears to be the one who was active in the local militia. In 1774 he was an ensign and was paid for 47 days service as leader of a detachment of soldiers. He also served 37 days under Saptain James Robertson (Kegley, Soldiers, pp 38, 42). The names of the men who served in his detachment were: William McGee, Thomas Carte, Abraham Fielder, Richard Hinds, Joseph Blackmore, Edward Blackmore, William Carr, William Leason, Jr. Blackmore, Thomas Patton, Vincent Hobbs, William Boydstone, Israel Harman, Adam Wygall, Lawrence Waggoner, John Smith, Michael Glumph, Jr. Totten, Comfort Bluster, Thomas Cecil, Jeremiah Whitten, Thomas Shannon and Thomas Pickens (original record in the Auditor's Accounts, Virginia Stte Library Archives).

Henry Patton's military career continued over the years. He was recommended as a second lieutenant in Captain Cloyd's Company in 1778, was a captain from 1779 to 1786, a major in 1787, and a lieutenant colonel in 1790. A list of the men of his company on March 24, 1781 accompanies this sketch. These were men of the neighborhood between the ages of eighteen and fifty. In 1785 Henry Patton claimed pay for patrolling for 25 days, and requested pay for thirty diets (Summers, Annals, pp 685, 722, 805, 806, 813, 828, 831; list from Kegley, Militia of Montgomery County, p. 36, from original records at Montgomery County Courthouse.)

In 1779 Henry Patton was recommended for the position of justice of the peace and in 1782 took the oath as justice of the peace in Chancery and Oyer and Terminer. In 1782 he was taxed on one slave, fourteen houses and twenty-four cattle, in addition to his land. The Henry Patton who became sheriff in 1793 appears to be the same Henry who served in the militia (Summers, Annals, pp. 733, 760, 773, 836; Kegley, Tax Lis, p. 25).

Henry's wife was Martha Randolph. In 1802 they made a deed of gift to Isaac Patton for lands on Thorn Spring, ajoining the Williamsons who were located in the southern part of the Springfield tract. It is assumed that Isaac Patton was their son, because of the gift of land. Isaac sold off these lands to Gordon Cloyd, John Caddall and James Crain. Isaac Patton served as ensign and captain in the militia, and was sworn in as deputy sheriff in 1793 (Summers, Annals, pp. 837, 842, 846, 864, Montgomery County Deed Boopks C, p. 550; D, p. 416; E, pp 394, 598).

In another deed of gift Henry and wife Martha Patton gave parts of the 840 acres where they then lived to William McDowell, who with his wife Polly then sold to William Muirhead whose land it adjoined. William McDowell of Greenbrier County had married Polly, the daughter of Henry Patton in 1798. Matilda, another daughter of Henry and Martha, married Joseph Davidson and moved to Mercer County, Virgijia (now West Virginia). In 1806 Henry and Marth Patton sold land to Joseph Davison and also to another son-in-law, William George, who had married their daughter Jennet or Jenny (Montgomery County Deed Books, C, p. 611; E, pp 470, 583; K, p. 457; Tazewell County Deed Book 1, p. 248; Tazewell County records as found in Schreiner Yantis, Archives of Tazewell County, pp. 64, 214, among others.)

Other lands taken up by this Henry Patton were sold in 1812 to Gordon, Thomas, and David Cloyd, being 1,000 acres on the south side of the New River, and in 1824 when Henry and Martha Patton were living in Tazewell County, they sold a small tract of 6 acres on Thorn Spring (present Pulaski County), to Henry Patton, Jr. and a tract of 166 acres to Sebastian Sygle (Montgomery County Deed Books F, p. 190, H, pp 539, 625).

In summary, it appears that Henry Patton, the soldier of the Revolution and the husband of Martha Randolph, was the father of Isaac, Mary or Polly who married William McDowell in 1798, Matilda who married Joseph Davidson in 1789, and Jennet/Jenny who married William George in 1792. There may have been other children. (Montgomery County Marriage Records; family records of descendants of William George).

It has not been learned just where Henry and his wife Martha Patton died. Henry left no will in Tazewell County.

2 Father: Henry Patton b: 1660 in Caiggo, Dundee, Scotland Mother: Sarah Lynn b: 1664 in Kilmacrenan, Scotland

Marriage 1 Martha Randolph b: ABT 1720 Married: ABT 1750 1 Children Henry Patton b: BETWEEN 1731 AND 1795 John Boyd Patton b: BETWEEN 1731 AND 1795 Mary Polly Patton b: BETWEEN 1754 AND 1781 Matilda Patton b: ABT 1765 Isaac Patton b: ABT 1767 Jennet Patton b: ABT 1770 Hervy Patton b: ABT 1800

Sources: Title: World Family Tree Vol. 27, Ed. 1 Abbrev: World Family Tree Vol. 27 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: September 15, 1998 Note: Customer pedigree. Page: Tree #2183, Date of Import: Aug 12, 2000 Title: Early Adventurers On The Western Waters, Vol. II Abbrev: Early Adventurers, II Author: Mary B. Kegley Publication: Green Publishers, Inc., Orange, VA, 1982 Repository: Name: Roanoke City Library

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Children of HENRY PATTON and MARTHA RANDOLPH are: i. JOHN BOYD (RANDOLPH)5 PATTON, b. Bet. 1731 - 1795; d. Bet. 1732 - 1821.

Notes for JOHN BOYD (RANDOLPH) PATTON: The Roseberry-Keister Family Tree 7221 total entries, last updated Thu Mar 22 09:52:13 2001 All questions, comments or suggestions regarding information on this page should be addressed to: G. E. Roseberry <swvirginia@@hotmail.com> ID: I5940 Reference Number: 5940 Name: John Boyd Patton 1 Sex: M Change Date: 03 FEB 2001 Birth: BETWEEN 1731 AND 1795 1 Death: BETWEEN 1732 AND 1821 1